Page County High

As a rural-scale high school in Shenandoah, Virginia, Page County High serves 473 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Page County Public Schools. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Within Page County Public Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 2,928 students, Page County High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Page County High logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Page County's rate of about 86%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Page County High sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.7%; actual is 81.0%, +13.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Page County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,037, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Page County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,928 students), Page County High is one campus in the mix.

Page County Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Page County High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Page County High's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 473). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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